SAGA| LUMÉA AGENCY:
The Desire Algorithm

Lenox is a water sports influencer and the living embodiment of freedom, teaching her followers how to protect their skin and hair against the elements. Hatcher, the 37-year-old head of the agency, lives a double life—a carefully curated existence protected by a "perfect" family image and a locked closet.

 

As Hatcher attempts to manage Lenox’s skyrocketing career and shield her from the toxic excesses of fame, he is forced to confront his own deep-seated repression. It is a high-stakes collision between a man hiding in an ivory tower and a woman who refuses to be dimmed. Ultimately, Hatcher must decide: will he finally break free from his facade, or will he extinguish Lenox’s light to save his own secret?

 

Tropes: Age Gap, MM Romance, Closeted Protagonist.

Beckett builds a career in grooming and beard care for one reason: the money to pay for his sick sister’s treatment. He enters into a relationship with the agency’s director, unaware that she is secretly recording their every intimate encounter.

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The fallout is explosive when Beckett catches her personal assistant using those private videos for his own "inspiration." Horrified and betrayed, Beckett confronts the director and walks away from the agency—and the paycheck his sister desperately needs. Now, Beckett must find a way to save his sister's life on his own terms, while the assistant struggles to prove his true intentions: that he was actually trying to shield Beckett from the director's predatory darkness.

 

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, MM Romance, Privacy Breach.

The battle for the men’s makeup market is a zero-sum game, and both Dallas and Soren are fighting for the same top-tier contracts. Dallas lives for the rush of digital validation; he is high-strung, emotional, and spiraling into substance abuse just to keep pace with the industry’s relentless demands. Soren, by contrast, is a cold strategist who treats his public persona like a corporate asset, letting no one get close.

 

Their toxic rivalry reaches a breaking point when the algorithm forces them into a mandatory collaboration. As they are pushed to their limits, they must decide whether to destroy each other for the sake of a career or form an uneasy alliance to survive the agency’s predatory system. Will Dallas survive his own excesses? And can Soren reach the top without stripping away the last of his humanity?

 

Tropes: Slow Burn, MM Romance, Only One Bed.